to be beaten with the ugly stick
- Fuente de la expresión
- English Slang and Colloquialisms (enacademic.com)
- Estructura completa
- to be (somebody) beaten with the ugly stick
- Variantes
- To be [beaten, hit] [with, by] [the, an] ugly stick
- Contexto
- We, Who Are About to Be Beaten With the Ugly Stick, Salute You.
Oh, dear. Not pretty. Yes. Already. The upcoming presidential campaign is ugly now and destined to ratchet up to epic uglier as soon as Bernie Sanders decides to bow out. Which is imminent. Not soon enough for Hillary Clinton, but not long.
The Vermont Senator has turned into that drunken cousin who hasn’t noticed he’s been the last guest for over an hour, cracking open another beer threatening to put his cigarette out in the kids’ wading pool. Starting to channel Hotel California. “You can check in any time you like, but you can never leave.” - Fuente del contexto
- HuffPost
- Tipo de fuente
- newspaper
- Autor
- Redacción
- Título de la fuente
- We, Who Are About to Be Beaten With the Ugly Stick, Salute You
- Año
- 2017
- Web
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/we-who-are-about-to-be-beaten-with-the-ugly-stick-salute-you_b_10137000
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente